Nancy’s hopes of winning the regular season in France have suffered a major blow as it was defeated on Friday night in the capital by Paris Levallois 93-83. Eric Chatfield led the scorers with 21 points, while Marcelus Sommerville added 18. Nancy will now hope that Cholet falls in Strasbourg on Saturday night to keep its hopes alive as the French defending champion would have a three-game advantage with a victory.
Meanwhile, in the other game of the of the night, Asvel boosted its chance to take part in the playoffs with a convincing 92-74 away win in Pau, now ninth in the league three wins behind Asvel. Davon Jefferson was huge with 30 points and 12 rebounds, Matt Walsh scored 20 and Michael Gelabale chipped in 19.